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UNITED srArEs PrgrENr oEEIoE.

A. BASSFORD, JR., AND W. B. CARPENTER, OF NV YORK, N.

VSKATE.

To all whom fit may concern:

Be it known that we, ABRAM BAssrono, J r., and. 'lViLLIAM B. CARPENTER, of New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedMethod of Fastening and Adjusting Skates to a Boot, Shoe, or Vood; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereo:t,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.`

Figure l, is a plain view of the screw-pin, l), with its head or button, a. Fig. 2, is a view of the' post, c, showing the screw-pin with its head or button, a, all arranged in place. Fig. 3, is a sectional view of the post, c, with its collar, 7c, and screwpin l), and the button, a, and plate, t, all combined and ar ranged for use. Fig. 4, is a sectional view of the post, d, stationary screw, e, collar, Ic, and plate, s, with its screw hole r, all combined and arranged for use. Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the skate runner H, with the posts, c, and, d, attached thereto, with their screw-pins, b, and, e, and collars, le, k,

- all complete. .F ig. 6, is a Hat View of the scribe its construction and operation.

plate, t, with its slotted hole, n n, showing the head or button, a, in its place. Fig. 7, is a flat view of the plate, s, with its screw hole, r. Fig. 8, is a flat view of the shoe sole, 0, with the plates, s, and z5, firmly Xed in their places. Fig. 9, is a perspective view of the shoe, O, with the skate runner, H, posts, c, and, d, with their collars, lc, c, all firmly attached and adjusted in place ready for use.

The nature of our invention consists in providing a skate runner with posts or pillars upon which posts or pillars, are placed, nuts or collars, which screw up4 and down on the post or pillar, for the purpose of making 'the skate runner higher or lower, also forthe purpose of adjusting the skate runner to one side or the other or exactly in the middle of the boot, shoe, or wood, we I provide the said posts or pillars with a inovable screw pin which has a head or button on one end, which is to slide from one side to the other in a slotted plate when inserted therein, the whole plan of which devices serve to Vadjust the skate in any required manner and to fasten the same, quickly and firmly to its place.

T o enable others skilled in the art to make and use our invention we will proceed to dele construct our skate runner in any of the known forms, we then construct a screw pin as shown in Fig. l, marked, b, upon the top of which is a head or button, marked, a,-

Fig. 6,' with a slotted hole as shown at n-u, Fig. 6, which is a flat View showing the' head a, or' the screw pin b; theslotted hole n n allows the button, a, to slide freely in it and become locked or unlocked at will, referring to Fig. 3, again, it will be seen that the screw-pin I), is screwed upward as shown at, Z, it is also inserted into thel slotted plate, t, and the nut or collar c is screwed up against the said plate, this nut la causing the pillar, c, with its screw-pin, b, and head, a, to be firmly attached to the plate, t, in any desired position, it is also plain that by screwing down the collar, la, and also screwing down the pin b the height of the combined post, c, and pin, b, is lessened, the collar or nut la, may then be screwed rmly up against the plate, t, as before; so far we eX- plain how the post is raised or lowered, then to adjust the post laterally we loosen the nut, la, and slide it either way to the position desired the nut or collar, la, being again screwed up against the plate, z5, is rnily xed and secured as shown at Fig. 3. Ve next provide a metal plate as shown at Fig. 7. This plate is to be attached to the bottom of the heel of the boot, shoe, or wood, as shown at, s, Fig. 8, O, being the shoe, s, the plate with a screw hole in the middle as shown at j, we now provide another post or pillar similar to the pillar c, with its collar, c, as shown at, d, Fig. 4, but with this dfference instead of making a screw pin as seen at, b, Fig. 3, we simply cut an immovable screw as shown at e, Fig. 4. This pillar Fig. 4, as shown at, cl, with its collar, le, and its stationary screw le, is intended for the heel fastening and adjustment with regard to height only. By screwing the screw, e, into the plate, s, Fig. 4, at the hole, r, more or less and then screwing the collar, a, up to the plate, s, the pillar, cl, becomes firmly fastened and adjusted in its place.

Having described the manner of constructing the posts or pillars, c, and, d, Figs. 3, and,

4, they are then attached to the runner by any known method and having the plates s, and t, secured to the boot shoe or wood the Whole is fastened and adjusted as is shown in the perspective drawing Fig. 9. H, is the skate runner, c and d the posts la, lo, the collars or nuts and, O, the shoe.

We think that the post, o, Fig. 3, needs this further remark or suggestion, that is, that if the post, c, and the button, a, were made of one piece so as to be immovable, which we think is only a colorable variation, it Iwould still in connection with the nut, c, be an excellent fastening but the height of the same could not be varied.

The advantages of adjusting a skate and also of fastening it in an expeditious and secure manner is evidently desirable to the skater seeing that the skate may be raised or lowered at the heel or toe and also moved to the middle or either side of the foot.

We do not claim of themselves without I reference to the other parts, the screw, e, or

the head or button a, as it is well known that they have been used heretofore, neither d0 We claim simply the plates s, and, t, for the same reason. But

What we do claim as our invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

l. The hollow, screwed, post, c, with its screw-pin b, and its collar or nut, k, or, their equivalents, combined, for the purpose herein described.

2. The post, d, with its screw-pin, e, and collar, c, combined, or their equivalents, for the purpose herein set forth.

3. The slotted hole n n, in the plate, t, or its equivalent, when used in the manner and for the purpose herein specified.

A. BAS SF ORD, JR. WM. B. CARPENTER.

Witnesses:

JAMES G. COOPER, JOHN WILLIAMS. 

